Mayor who flew to Tenerife to search for Jay Slater says "you've done him proud" as he issues heartfelt message to family
manchestereveningnews.co.ukA selfless mayor who flew to Tenerife to help in the search for Jay Slater has issued a heartfelt message to the teenager's family.
Shane Yerrell previously spent two days searching the area where the 19-year-old had gone missing, alongside his devastated dad Warren, 58, older brother Zak, 24.
Shane, who is mayor of Waltham Abbey in Essex and has experience with challenging terrain, having previously climbed Kilimanjaro and Mount Olympus, flew more than 2,000 miles from his home in Essex to Tenerife on July 4 after making contact with Jay's family and offering his help. READ MORE Moment helicopter swoops in to recover body of a man believed to be missing teenager Jay Slater On Monday (July 15) it was revealed that police search teams looking for the 19-year-old had found human remains.
The horrifying discovery came exactly four weeks since the teenager disappeared. Spanish police said human remains had been found in the Masca area close to where the 19-year-old vanished.
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